Let Lauren Live!

ChristtheKingMaine ^ | May 7, 2008 | Judie Brown

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LAUREN RICHARDSON - YOU CAN HELP!
By Judie Brown

It has been a source of ongoing sadness to read of the difficulties Lauren Richardson’s father has had over the course of the past several months. For those of you who are not familiar with her case, Lauren overdosed on heroin on August 28, 2006. She suffered oxygen deprivation and, as a result of the overdose, is now in a coma and unable to speak out for herself. At the time of the overdose, Lauren was expecting a baby. Her parents honored what they knew would have been her wish and did all they could to keep her healthy and comfortable until the child was born. Today, though Lauren may not be aware of it, she is the mother of Ember Grace, who was born in February 2007.

Since the birth of her daughter, Lauren remains unable to speak of her concerns, but she has a loving father who is doing all he can to protect her from suffering the same fate as Terri Schiavo. However, Lauren’s mother, who has been named her legal guardian, is sadly not of the same opinion and is working with attorneys to pressure the courts to permit Lauren’s starvation.

Lauren’s father has kept hope alive, even at times when there appeared to be no hope in human terms. Lauren’s father is a man of hope in Christ and is dedicated to spending every breath he has on defending Lauren, regardless of what it might cost him in physical exhaustion and worldly goods. The most recent update for those concerned about Lauren tells us the following:

We struggle at times as we seek to share with the public the details of what is happening with Lauren because of the disagreement we have with Lauren’s mother. We cannot understand her reasoning in refusing a path of hope, healing and restoration for Lauren and insisting on causing her death by withholding food and water from her. The issue in Lauren’s case is the eternal truth that all people, no matter what their medical condition, bear the image of God and deserve basic care and an opportunity to be restored to health.

Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s brother, has written about Lauren in an editorial earlier this year, "False Compassion," and is working closely with Lauren’s father in order to provide expertise that he is uniquely qualified to share during a trying time like this.

There are many links on the Life for Lauren web site that will assist you in tracking this case and learning who is supporting Lauren’s ongoing care and who is opposing it. More importantly, there is something you can do to express your concerns.

ACTION NEEDED NOW

The governor of Delaware, Ruth Ann Minner, is being asked by pro-life Americans across this nation to intervene in this case in order to save Lauren from what many fear is an imminent court order dictating that Lauren be starved and dehydrated to death. I am asking you to be one of those who communicates your passionate belief that Lauren’s life is sacred and deserves to be protected from those who would order her death. The governor’s e-mail address is governor.minner@state.de.us.

Further, it would mean a great deal to Lauren’s father, Randy, if you sent him a copy of your e-mail to Governor Ruth Ann Minner. Randy’s e-mail address is Lifeforlauren@aol.com. 

During a recent visit to Anchorage, Alaska where Bobby Schindler was invited to speak, he told a reporter from The Catholic Anchor, "Once we accept that killing is an acceptable answer to human suffering, we lose any type of parameters. Euthanasia is a form of abandonment. It is not compassion."

Truer words were never spoken. As I frequently tell people who argue that we pro-lifers are being heartless and cruel for fighting to defend the rights of a "hopeless case," "God is the author of every human being’s life, and He has never given permission to a single one of us to arbitrarily rob another human being of life for any reason including disability or illness."

As Flannery O’Connor once wrote on the subject of false compassion, "In the absence of faith, we govern by tenderness. And tenderness leads to the gas chamber."

Lauren Richardson is not terminal – she is severely disabled. Lauren Richardson should not be murdered.

Judie Brown is president of American Life League and a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

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Just in case anyone doesn't know...

Thread by TitansAFC. Thanks, narses, for the ping.

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..............Kay Bailey Hutchinson is Pro-Choice, and OPENLY so. DO NOT LET HER SUPPORTERS TRY AND SLIP THIS ONE BY YOU: ...........

Kay Bailey Hutchinson: Roe was rightly decided (Abortion is a Constitutional Right)

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Mrs. B.J. puts the "vice" back into Vice President with "Me love you long time, Joe."

Thread by wagglebee.

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Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- Hours before she was slated to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic Party convention, Hillary Clinton took a shot at presidential candidate John McCain. She offered the preview of her speech at an event hosted by pro-abortion group Emily’s List that saw Michelle Obama participate as well.

"We need in the White House starting on January 20th Barack Obama and Joe Biden," Clinton said, endorsing the pro-abortion ticket......

Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton Hit John McCain on Abortion at Emily’s List Lunch

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[tutstar]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=117378&catid=4

has anyone heard about this? I don’t spend as much time on FR due to personal obligations but haven’t seen this anywhere

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I posted an update upthread just today on Karen Weber and a similar article. We have had little news about her and FV has linked to their website, but it was only now that we start getting updates.

It is worrisome but at least the mom still has a chance to regain guardianship. I shudder to think who might be advising the father.

[Sun]

Thanks for posting the picture: DNC “Destroys uNborn Children.” I heard about it, and was glad to see the good work of these fine folks.

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What is Charlie up to??

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TALLAHASSEE - Seizing an unprecedented opportunity to shape the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Charlie Crist began wiping away the last remnant of Democratic power in Tallahassee on Thursday by naming the first of four justices he will appoint during the next year.

Crist, a Republican, handed conservatives a victory by choosing Lakeland appellate judge Charles Canady, 54, to an at-large seat on the seven-member court. He is expected to act on a second vacancy soon, and he will have two more to fill next year.

These justices could remain on the court for decades, deciding everything from death-penalty cases to whether amendments to the Florida Constitution can appear on the ballot.

"Gov. Crist now has an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the Florida Supreme Court, much like President Bush has been able to do on the U.S. Supreme Court," said Morgan Streetman of The Federalist Society, a conservative legal group.

The court appointments also are a key political test for the centrist Crist. Conservatives quickly hailed the choice of Canady, a former U.S. House member who was an ardent abortion foe and a floor manager in the 1999 House impeachment of former President Clinton...................

Crist's first pick for Florida Supreme Court: Lakeland judge Charles Canady

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McCain is sounding better, in this thread by wagglebee.

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WASHINGTON, August 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The mainstream media has yet to notice, but Senator McCain last week directly accused Barack Obama of courting infanticide.  While the pro-life movement in the nation has been on the issue for weeks, McCain himself delivered the punch line in his radio address for August 23.

McCain noted Obama's vote against the Illinois version of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which McCain described as a "law to require medical care for babies who survive abortions."  McCain added to that description: "living, breathing babies whom Senator Obama described as, quote, 'previable.'"...................

McCain Himself Accuses Obama of Courting Infanticide

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No surprise here...a typical natural progression for the far left. Thread by wagglebee.

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LONDON, August 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "Very few people," says the head of Britain's leading pro-life organisation, "realise that the pro-abortion and pro-euthanasia lobby believes it can be right intentionally to kill innocent human beings." John Smeaton, Director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, wrote that a report by a group of scientists, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), that said doctors should be able to remove organs from patients, even if this would cause the patient's death. "The essential line taken by the paper's authors is that it really doesn't matter whether the patient is dead or not." Smeaton wrote, "This new, further slide down the slippery slope of anti-life thinking is truly disturbing."

In the paper, heart transplant surgeons described how they simply "modified" the definition of death for three brain-damaged infants so they could justify removing their hearts for transplantation into three other infants who suffered from severe heart problems.....

Pure Utilitarianism: Doctors Justifying Killing Infant Patients for Organ Donation

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Michelle, pas belle...

A fascinating confrontation in this thread by wagglebee:

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.........."A picture's worth a thousand words, and she definitely got the message today," he said...........

Michelle Obama Confronted by Post-Abortion Message, Pictures of Unborn Children

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Say it ain't so, Joe... To far lefties like Joe and Nancy Legosi, Catholicism just isn't their religion like it would be to regular people. It is their shtick.

Thread by wagglebee.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - New Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was blasted on Wednesday, in the wake of Nancy Pelosi's much derided remarks to the same effect, for claiming that his radically pro-abortion stance is "totally consistent" with the teachings of the Catholic Church....

Biden On his pro-abortion stance: "My Views are Totally Consistent with Catholic Social Doctrine..."

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My favorite again, Dr. Alveda King...

Thread by wagglebee.

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Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has a message for pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama before he gives his acceptance speech tonight. Dr. Alveda King tells LifeNews.com that her uncle would have strongly opposed the destruction of human life under the kind of unlimited abortions Obama supports.

Obama's speech has been hailed by the media because he is the first African-American nominee of a major political party and because it comes on the 45th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech.....

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Niece to Obama: My Uncle Would Oppose Abortion

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[floriduh voter]

It looks like another florida HINO seeks to starve and dehydrate his wife to death even though it was not her wish. damn, just damn. www.prayforkaren.org (is that it)?

What Judge friend of Judge Greer did this? Remember Greer? www.judgegeorgegreer.com (he makes killer decisions).

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Good for Nevada to protect patients from doctors with putting people down like pets on their mind. Maybe at risk people should move there so they can not be taken advantage of by the death care system such as it thrives in the Starvation State of Florida.

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By now everyone has heard the news that broke yesterday morning. Those following our Terri Dailies threads through the fight for Lauren Richardson's life have noticed we would invoke Governor Sarah Palin as an antidote to the mindset held by cronies of Gov. Minner of Delaware. This great friend of people in similar straits to Terri would make a great leader in these times when hope had dimmed almost to dark. We were down to the most frail of hope that somehow good news would spring up in this valley of tears.

Sarah Palin is that great news.

Not only that, she is easy on the eyes (A babe!)and would let me keep all my guns!

Thread by wagglebee.

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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Most Americans heard the name Sarah Palin for the first time on Friday as Senator John McCain named her as his running mate. They're getting a glimpse of the fact that the Alaska governor is pro-life on abortion, but what they may not know is she takes a unique approach to her position.

Palin is a member of Feminists for Life of America -- a venerable but little known pro-life group that focuses on the pro-woman reasons for opposing abortion.

The organization is considered an expert on understand how abortion hurts women and the complications abortion involves from a medical, physical and mental health standpoint.

Beyond that, Feminists for Life has championed the notion that one of the best ways to reduce abortion is to do the kind of work abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood should, but aren't doing -- namely, providing pregnant women with resources they need.

Feminists for Life has spearheaded efforts to make sure pregnant and parenting college students, who have the highest abortion rates in the nation, get tangible help like medical referrals, child-care and assistance in completing their education.

Palin, a mother of five, recognized the need to do more than say she opposes abortion and joined the organization.

Sarah Palin's Feminists for Life Membership Points to Pro-Woman, Pro-Life View

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As the euthanasia lovers peddle their wares, the also peddle soft words to make it all sound so cuddly. Dignity is one of their favorite words, even echoed in shallow thought by FReepers here sometimes. Recall, their favorite method of snuffing is through dehydration. Some dignity! Here is an example, not of euthanasia or suicide, but the effects of dehydration.

Now, to the thread by wagglebee...

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The poison peddled by the euthanasia movement here in the United States continues to take its toll. Assisted suicide was legalized in Oregon in 1997, and pro-death advocates are now pushing hard to make it legal in the State of Washington. Initiative 1000 would allow any competent adult suffering from a terminal illness to make a written request for medication that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life.

The average reader would interpret Initiative 1000 as helping terminal patients commit suicide, plain and simple. But the euthanasia movement has tried to mask that plain truth with soothing euphemisms. Rather than acknowledging that the initiative promotes assisted suicide, the text states the "request" will allow the patient to end their life "in a humane and dignified manner."........

I-1000: The Euthanasia Poison Pill for the Disabled, Elderly in Washington

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We personally know what Governor Palin went through with her child and it is why we recognized her as the one who would be a strong ally to Terri's Legacy. Thread by wagglebee.

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Juneau, AK (LifeNews.com) -- As many as 80 percent of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome become victims of abortion, but Alaska Gov, Sarah Palin didn't let her child become a statistic. Palin, who has deeply-felt pro-life views, gave birth to her fifth child this week and the baby was diagnosed with the condition.

On Tuesday, Palin confirmed her baby, named Trig Paxson, has Down syndrome.

"Trig is beautiful and already adored by us," Palin said in a statement LifeNews.com obtained.

"We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives," she said...............

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Gives Birth to Down Baby Despite Abortion Pressure

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Michelle, pas belle...

Thread by wagglebee in a contrast to Governor Sarah Palin...

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“He’ll protect a woman’s freedom of choice, because government should have no say in whether or when a woman embraces the sacred responsibility of parenthood," she added.

The comment hearkens back to the remarks Barack Obama made in March, when he appeared to back a potential decision by his daughters to seek an abortion saying he wouldn't "punish" them with a baby.

"I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old," Obama said at the time. "I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

Parenthood is something new John McCain running mate Sarah Palin knows something about................

Michelle Obama: Barack's Pro-Abortion Stand OKs "Sacredness" of Parenthood

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If only Palin were on top of the ticket.

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and YES SHE CAN - Parent a Downs Syndrome Baby, when over 90% abort!!

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Did you have difficulty getting Governors Palin and Minner in the same post? What a contrast!